TY  - BOOK
AU  - Adams,David
TI  - A handbook of diction for singers: Italian, German, French 
SN  - 9780195325584
AV  - MT883.A211.H363 2008 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Singing
KW  - Diction
KW  - Italian language
KW  - Pronunciation
KW  - French language
KW  - German language
N1  - 1 (pages 217-218) and index; Italian diction --; Introduction --; International Phonetic Alphabet for Italian --; Italian vowels --; Specific vowel sounds in Italian --; Glides in Italian : / j; and; w / --; Italian diacritical marks --; Italian syllabification --; Italian word stress --; Apocopation --; Italian diphthongs --; Italian triphthongs --; Phrasal diphthongs and triphthongs --; Vowel length in Italian --; Italian consonants --; Consonant combinations and their sounds --; Single and double consonants in Italian --; Characteristics of double consonants --; More about vowels --; Ambiguous spellings : is it a vowel or a glide? --; Phrasal doubling in Italian --; Articulating Italian double consonants in singing --; Singing consonant clusters --; Musical settings of Italian diphthongs --; Italian diphthongs : vowel distribution in singing --; Musical settings of Italian triphthongs --; Singing phrasal diphthongs and triphthongs --; Vowel distribution in singing phrasal diphthongs --; Patterns of phrasal triphthongs in Italian --; Italian word underlay in scores --; Other possible assimilations of n --; Italian dictionaries --; Sample texts --; Appendix : Guidelines for determining open and closed e and o in the stressed syllable; German diction --; Introduction --; International Phonetic Alphabet for German --; The umlaut --; Word origin : Germanic and non-Germanic --; German vowels and vowel length --; Word stem, word stress, vowel length --; Specific vowel sounds in German --; Diphthongs and adjacent vowels --; The glide; j / --; German consonants --; More about syllabic stress and vowel length --; More about German word structure --; Certain consonant clusters and vowel quality --; German monosyllabic (some polysyllabic) word patters for vowel quality and length --; Words of non-Germanic origin --; Glottal separation in German --; Glottal separation versus legato connection in singing German --; Phrasal consonant clusters in German --; Possible assimilation of consonant sounds in German --; German dictionaries and pronunciation reference books --; Sample texts; French diction --; Introduction --; International Phonetic Alphabet symbols for French --; French diacritical marks --; Definition of terms relating to French diction --; French syllabification --; Word stress in French --; Vowel length in French --; French vowel sounds and how they are spelled --; Mixed vowels --; Nasal vowels --; Glides in French --; French consonants --; Liaison --; Musical settings of mute e --; Musical settings of glides --; French dictionaries --; Sample texts; 2
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